That's fine -- but we should be able to call such a carrier on any phone we wish, not proprietary phones for that carrier especially. Also, there could still be a company, web site, etc., which specializes in this sort of help, without giving the false impression that a specific carrier must be set aside for us. In my experience, Apple has always been able to find someone who knew about VoiceOver enough to help, or the rep researched it and got back to me. I would be willing to stake money that sighted people have called Apple or other companies, and have spoken to reps who needed to do some research on a particular issue. Few reps are familiar with every possible bug, every technical glitch, tip, shortcut, or troubleshooting strategy. Christine
On Jun 7, 2013, at 12:19 PM, "Michael Babcock, Marketing and Sales Manager, Commtech LLC" <michael.babcoc...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think we all are looking at this the completely wrong way! Look at it from > this point of view, you're able to dial 611 from your phone, because somehow > you disabled speech on your iPhone. However, in the current time, if we > dialed 611 and STA just how we would be able to enable speech on our iOS > device again, they might ask us what we are talking about, or transfer us > around to a myriad of different individuals who still don't know what we're > talking about. However, if a blind person is able to pick up his phone, dial > 611, and receive assistive technology assistance, this might be more > beneficial to him. In addition, there are several smaller carriers out there, > especially running on the T-Mobile network, like this one appears to do. Just > something to think about, imagine being able to call customer service, and > getting assistance using jaws to read that bill, or voiceover, on your new > iPhone especially if you're brand-new customer. > > Michael Babcock > Marketing and Sales Manager > Commtech LLC > Web: http://commtechusa.net > phone: (888) 351-5289 Ext. 704 > Fax: (480) 535-7649 > > On Jun 7, 2013, at 9:54 AM, Mike Arrigo <n0...@charter.net> wrote: > >> We really don't, especially with the out of box accessibility that is >> provided by IOS and Android. There's simply no need for specialty phones. >> Original message: >>> Does anyone know anything about these phones or this project? Seems pretty >>> pointless if you want more than just a phone, and the full range of >>> experiences available to the sighted on any mobile carrier. Why on earth >>> do we need a special phone carrier? Separate and marginalized, rather than >>> expecting to be included in available services. >> >>> Christine >>> http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/05/odin-mobile-first-mobile-service-provider-for-the-visually-impaired/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget >> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
